Red at D. Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course

Played the Red course and was hesitant after reading some of the bad reviews it had gotten.and was just visiting the area..Thank goodness I still went and played as I found the course to be in pretty good shape and really enjoyed it. From the time I checked in the staff was great and was able to even get out a bit early as I was a single.I just don't know after playing yesterday how people could make a big deal out of maybe spotty tee boxes??? Greens rolled true and fairways were fine. Guess it wasn't perfect enough for some but I had a great time and played with nice folks that made the day even nicer.

Some holes good, others especially tee boxes tough for May which should be its best shape not good. But it’s The Wheel

So played Red Course on Saturday. I ended up renting a golf cart but staff never told me that it was cart path only. If I knew that I probably would have not rented a cart. (Strike 1). Next they didn't mention that the greens were aerated and that the didn't properly fill all the holes on the green with sand. So the greens were challenging to putt on to say the least (Strike 2). I would have assumed that they rates should have been slightly discounted due to this but they weren't. Finally I get on the back nine and the pace of play went from being alright to literally waiting on every hole to tee off and hit the next shot (Strike 3). There was no ranger monitoring the round at all. This was quite a poor experience in my book.

Course had frost delay, no notification if this online or by phone. Tee time was not cancelled and i was still charged.

Very friendly staff, course in great shape after all the rain we’ve had.

Haven’t played as much this year but it’s always a pleasure to play Fairchild

Been playing here my entire life and dont think the courses have been in better shape. Only issue is pace of play as always. Not enough course awareness and lack of rangers make it tough but the group in front wouldnt tee off on any of the par 4s until the group in front reached the green.

The red course has poor drainage and there were entire wet poles and puddles on many of the fairways. Many of the traps also had major rivets from running water indicating some of the drainage greens was going into the sand traps.

The fairways and greens are in verry condition. Unfortunately the course does not have a warning horn for lightning.

Every single tee box is in terrible condition-need to bring a hammer to get tees in the ground

Great value for the price paid. All around in good condition.

A couple years ago I was at an event at this course and a rotting tree fell on our golf cart. It split all of my clubs in half and knocked me down. Instead of just replacing my clubs, they actually hired an attorney to fight the claim. It would have been more to hire an attorney and sue them then it would have been to replace the clubs so I had to drop the case. I have all the pictures. Just be careful. Pretty awful that they wouldn’t even replace the clubs. It’s not like I was suing them for physical damages. Awful people.

Had a great time at this course. Friendly staff and good conditions for October. Above average greens and fairways.